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Département des Antiquités orientales,
© RMN-GP (mdL) / Christian Larrieu
© RMN-GP (mdL) / Franck Raux
© 2015 mdL / Thierry Ollivier
© 2011 mdL / Raphaël Chipault
© RMN-GP (mdL) / Hervé Lewandowski
Collections & departments Department of Near Eastern Antiquities
The historical and geographical context of our collection spans a nine-thousand year period from prehistory to the early Islamic Period, and encompasses an area stretching from North Africa to the Indus Valley and Central Asia, and from the Black Sea (Anatolia) to the Arabian peninsula (as far as the Indian Ocean).
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Near Eastern Antiquities
A grimacing mask
Late 7th century-early 6th century BC
Carthage, Tunisia
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Near Eastern Antiquities
A Hurrian foundation deposit known...
Fin du IIIe millénaire avant J.-C.
Bassin du Habur
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Near Eastern Antiquities
A perforated bas-relief decorated...
Vers 2700 - 2650 avant J.-C.
Mésopotamie
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Near Eastern Antiquities
A prism of the Assyrian king...
Empire néo-assyrien, règne d'Assurbanipal (646 ou...
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Near Eastern Antiquities
Amarna letter: to the pharaoh from...
Milieu du XIVe siècle avant J.-C.
El-Amarna (Egypte)
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Near Eastern Antiquities
Anthropoid sarcophagus with lid
Vers 470 avant J.-C.
Aux environs de Tripoli (Liban)
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Near Eastern Antiquities
Archaic writing tablets
Époque d'Uruk III, fin du IVe millénaire avant J.-C.
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Near Eastern Antiquities
Axe inscribed with the name of...
Vers 1340 - 1300 avant J.-C.
Temple de Kiririsha
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Near Eastern Antiquities
Bas-relief
IIe siècle - IIIe siècle après J.-C.
Masdjid-e Suleiman, temple d'Heraclès
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Near Eastern Antiquities
Base for a ritual offering, carved...
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Near Eastern Antiquities
Bead necklace
Achaemenid period, c. 350 BC
Acropolis, Susa
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Near Eastern Antiquities
Blessing genius
Porte de la ville n°3
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Near Eastern Antiquities
Board game, the so-called...
Tombe 217
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Near Eastern Antiquities
Bottle decorated with figures of...
Ve siècle - VIe siècle après J.-C.
Reshy, Dailaman (Iran) ?
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Near Eastern Antiquities
Box in the shape of a duck
XIIIe siècle avant J.-C.
Minet el Beida, port d'Ougarit, actuelle...
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Near Eastern Antiquities
Bracelet decorated with incrusted...
Achaemenid period, c. 350 BC
Acropolis, Susa
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Near Eastern Antiquities
Bull-shaped cosmetic flask
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Near Eastern Antiquities
Bushel with ibex motifs
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Near Eastern Antiquities
Bust of a praying figure statue...
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Near Eastern Antiquities
Bust of a woman
2nd-3rd century AD
Room F, Temple of Artemis Salhiye (ancient...
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Near Eastern Antiquities
Bust of Ummayat, daughter of Yarhai
Second half of 2nd century AD
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Near Eastern Antiquities
Bust of Yarhai, son of Elahbe
Late 2nd century AD
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Near Eastern Antiquities
Capital of a column from the...
Epoque achéménideRègne de Darius Ier, vers 510 avant J.-C.
Suse, Palais de Darius Ier
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Near Eastern Antiquities
Carthaginian votive stele. Priest...
2nd century BC
Carthage, Tunisia
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Near Eastern Antiquities
Ceremonial ax head with flared...
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Near Eastern Antiquities
Chalice Decorated with Leopards
Début du IVe millénaire avant J.-C., période III, niveau 6
Colline sud
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Near Eastern Antiquities
Cheek plate in the form of a...
VIIIe - VIIe siècle avant J.-C.
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Near Eastern Antiquities
Cippus from Malta
IIe siècle avant J.-C.
Malte, Marsa Scirocco
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Near Eastern Antiquities
Composite female statuette
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Near Eastern Antiquities
Composite statuette of an...
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Near Eastern Antiquities
Cone of Enmetena, king of Lagash
Vers 2400 avant J.-C.
Tello, ancienne Girsu
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Near Eastern Antiquities
Cylinder seal carved with an...
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Near Eastern Antiquities
Cylinder Seal of Ibni-Sharrum
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Near Eastern Antiquities
Cylinder seal of the priest-king
Époque d'Uruk, vers 3200 avant J.-C.
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Near Eastern Antiquities
Cylinders of Gudea
Vers 2120 avant J.-C.
Tello, ancienne Girsu
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Near Eastern Antiquities
Cypriot cup known as the...
VIIIe siècle avant J.-C.
Dali, Chypre
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Near Eastern Antiquities
Dagger chape
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Near Eastern Antiquities
Deportation of the Population...
Vers 645 avant J.-C.
Ninive, palais d'Assurbanipal, salle...
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Near Eastern Antiquities
Dog Pendant
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Near Eastern Antiquities
Double cylindrical vase decorated...
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Near Eastern Antiquities
Dynastic list of the kings of Awan...
Environ 1800 - 1600 avant J.-C.
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Near Eastern Antiquities
Eye Idol
Chalcolithique (vers 3500 avant J.-C.)
Syrie du Nord
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Near Eastern Antiquities
Female figurine from the Halaf...
C. 6000-5100 BC
Mesopotamia or northern Syria
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Near Eastern Antiquities
Fertility idol
Chalcolithic period (4th millennium BC)
Region of Alaminos
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Near Eastern Antiquities
Figurine of a god, known as the...
Early 2nd millennium BC
Provenance unknown
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Near Eastern Antiquities
Figurine of a Hittite god
14th-13th century BC
Yozgat
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Near Eastern Antiquities
Figurine of a seated woman
Mid-6th millennium BC
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Near Eastern Antiquities
Foundation charter of the palace...
Règne de Darius Ier (522 - 486 avant J.-C.)
Suse, Palais de Darius Ier (découverte sous...
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Near Eastern Antiquities
Fragment of a victory stele
Akkadian Period, c. 2300 BC
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Near Eastern Antiquities
Fragment of the lid of an...
Fin VIe siècle avant J.-C.
Entre Tartous et Amrit (Syrie)